Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-26
PACIFIC COAST.
Six Men Imprisoned in the
COmstOck Tunnels.
THE FLAMES EXITING U ISHED.
Strenuous but Unavailing Efforts
to Rescue the EntOm bed
Miners.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
VIRGINIA, New, June 25.-The fire in
the Gould & Curry mine was brought
under control at $3.50 this morning, and
all efforts are now being directed TO res
cuing the elk imprisoned men. The
damage to the mine by the flames is no,
serious. The fire occurred in Bob sta.
ton, at the l500foot level, in space
25x70 feet in extent. The deaths were
caused by smoke rising to the 400.foot
level, and the danger for the remaining
six men is through the smoke traversine
the various drifts from the station. The
secretary of the mine says that if the
air pipes have passed through the fire
all right, the six men can be saved.
EXCHANGING SIGNALS.
1t is known that some of the impris.
oned miners were alive OF o'clock this
morning, for at that hour signals were
made to the Virginia min
ers from below They were in the
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when answered were repeated. The
glad news came to the surface and
spread like wildfire.
FUTILE ATTEMPT.
2P. M.-The rescuing party has been
driven back by the smoke and gas.
Nothing is yet definitely known about
the fate of the imprisoned men.
At noon the fire had been completely
extinguished and a cage had been low
cred to the 1890. foot level, in the en-
deavor to reach the Imprisoned men.
ABANDONED HOPE.
3 P. M.-Hopes of reaching the i'm
prisoned men through the Gould &
Curry shaft are abandoned. They or
their dead bodies may be found through
the connection which workmen are
making through the Consolidated. Vir-
ginia side. At 9 o'clock this morning
the winze was down eight feet. Patton
says it IS now about sixteen feet verti-
cally, and they will have thirty feet
more to run on the incline. He ex.
poets to knock hole through and get
into the drift from the Gould & Curry
to where the imprisoned miners are, by
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find them alive.
AT NIGHTFALL.
Not a sound has been heard to-day
from the imprisoned miners, but there is
still slight hope that they may be
found alive. Not moment will be lost
until the place where they are impris.
oned is reached.
THE RESCUE PARTY.
Nothing of Importance occurred
after the last dispatches were
sent last evening, until this evening,
when party OF miners descended
through the Savage incline and gained
the S0O.foot station in the Curry shaft,
and they will probably be dropped to
the l300.foot level before morning. Lam
terms containing lighted candles were
lowered to that depth this morning, and
were still burning when the cage reached
the surface. This indicates that the fire
has burned out, from the fact that last
night lighted candles lowered in lanterns
were extinguished. 1t is not anticipated
that any serious damage has been done
to the mine by the fire. How the fire
originated will probably always remain
uyStery' uo IniucTS uuuer Siouue
were preparing to eat their lunch at the
time when the fire broke out and it is
suggested that fire may have been built
in station on the 1900 foot level few
minutes before to heat coffee or tea, and
that the fire used for that purpose com
inundated to the station timbers.
HERoIsM.
The foreman, Roger Pendergast, and
the shift boss, John Grant, are highly
eulogized for their perseverance and
bravery in rescuing alive the miners EN-
ployed on the 800 foot levels, the most
heroic courage coupled with stubborn
determination only accomplished the res
cue of these men.
RAISING SUBSCRIPTIONS.
A sum of money has been ubscribet
here for the 4th of July celebration, but
as the loss of life through the Gould &
Curry fire will mar the festivities on the
national holiday and as the families o
the dead miners are in great distress, i
is quite likely that this money will b,
applied to their relief. The Comstocl
miners donated $1,000 of their earnings
for the relief of the Nan aimo sufferers
CARsoN's HELP.
CARSON. New, June 25.-Subscrip-
tions for the miners families are being
taken here. Several hundred dollars
have already been raised.